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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/uje-

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Etymology

Likely connected in some way to Mongolic *ojimu- (“to swim”), Tungusic *ujV- (“to swim”).

Verb

*uje-

  1. to swim

Descendants
  • Samoyedic: *u-
    • Nenets:
      • Tundra Nenets: ӈусь
    • Selkup: уу
  • Ugric:
  • Permic:
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Zyrian: уйны (ujny)
    • Udmurt: уйаны (ujany)
  • Mari: ияш (ijaš)
  • Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: уемс (ujems)
    • Moksha: уемс (ujems)
  • Samic: *vuojëtēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Finnic: *uidak, *ujudak (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
  • Entry #1088 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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